Greendale Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 120 jobs in Greendale Township for 598 working residents. For jobs and income Greendale Township is better than 11% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (D). Measured by household income, Greendale Township is behind 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Greendale Township in brief
Greendale Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Greendale Township’s grade.
Unemployment (8.3%) is left out: Greendale Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Greendale Township could be anywhere from D to C.
Greendale Township by day and by night
On a workday 587 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Greendale Township on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
15% of working residents work in Midland
Where Greendale Township clocks in
15% of workers
12% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Greendale Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greendale Township, 2011 → 2021: 70 → 120. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greendale Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Greendale Township spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greendale Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 704 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Greendale Township goes to work
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Greendale Township, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 767 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.3% of Greendale Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Greendale Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Greendale Township is 4,707th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 206 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 249 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,705 | Honey Grove TX | 1,806 | $47K | 13.1% | 2.8% | 5% | D |
| 4,706 | Ferron UT | 1,522 | $71K | 17.7% | 7.6% | 8% | D |
| 4,707 | Greendale Township MI | 1,730 | $56K | 20.0% | 8.3% | 2% | D |
| 4,708 | Blue Springs-Wymore Township NE | 1,736 | $57K | 12.9% | 3.9% | 14% | D |
| 4,709 | Union Township OH | 1,999 | $53K | 26.4% | 4.1% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Greendale Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Greendale Township
The biggest share goes to Chippewa Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greendale Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greendale Township | – | D | D | 27 min | $55,682 |
| Lee Township | under 2% | C− | D | 26 min | $54,144 |
| Chippewa Township | 5% | C | C− | 24 min | $64,651 |
| Jasper Township | under 2% | B− | D | 24 min | $80,417 |
| Geneva Township | under 2% | C | C | 30 min | $61,518 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greendale Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Greendale Township: questions
What is the median household income in Greendale Township?
$55,682 (±$13,058) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greendale Township?
20.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greendale Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greendale Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Midland (15%, 16 mi), Mount Pleasant (12%, 12 mi), Alma (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Greendale Township walkable?
Greendale Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greendale Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greendale Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greendale Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.